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 Bumping up the Bird Checklist. Blowing off the dust.

AT-A-GLANCE; WAXBILLS & FINCHES

1] JAMESON'S FIREFINCH:

Female

Male

www.parks-sa.co.za/forums  www.parks-sa.co.za

2] RED-BILLED FIREFINCH:

Male

Female

3] AFRICAN FIRE FINCH

Male & Females remarkably and almost indistinguishable from Jameson's Firefinch

Male.

4] GREEN -WINGED PYTILIA

Male

www.nomtsas.com

Female [Lacks the mustard and red of the males throat and upper *** and is uniformly grey with prominent black/white barred ***,flanks.

5] ORANGE-WINGED PYTILIA

Only image available.Male

6] BLUE-BREASTED CORDON-BLEU

7] VIOLET-EARED WAXBILL   AKA  COMMON GRENADIER

Male

Female

8] BLUE WAXBILL   AKA BLUE BREASTED CORDON-BLEU

Male:

Female

9] COMMON WAXBILL

Sexes similar

10] CUT-THROAT FINCH

Male                  

www.birdinfo.co.za

Female         Male

11] PIETER'S TWINSPOT

Female lighter brown, face greyish fawn, upper *** orangish, belly dark grey, flanks dark grey with white spots.

12] BRONZE MANNIKIN

Sexes are similar,although juvemiles are a more dusty earth brown.

13] BLACK & WHITE MANNIKIN

Sexes similar

www.finchworld.com

14] AFRICAN QUAILFINCH

Male

Female

www.camacdonald.com

AT-A-GLANCE: CANARIES

1] Yellow-fronted Canary

2]  Brimstone Canary

3] Black-throated Canary   Also known as Yellow-rumped Seed-eater

4] Black-headed Canary

The adult female is similar, but has a dull grey head, and is dark-streaked on the head and upperparts. It has a rich brown wing bar. The juvenile resembles the female, but is paler, has streaking on the ***, and a weaker wing bar.

AT-A-GLANCE: BUNTINGS

1] Golden-breasted Bunting

M

 The female is similar to the male, but the white markings tend to be more buff colored and the black markings more brownish.

2] Cape Bunting

M [Note females stripes are more buff grey,and lacks the chestnut brown on the wings.

3] Lark-like Bunting

4] Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

AT-A-GLANCE: SUN-BIRDS

1] White-bellied Sunbird

M

Note that the image below is of a Female Double-collared Sunbird as i can't get shots of a Female White-bellied Sunbird.

Female White-bellied Sunbirds are more of an olive grey brown,but still retain the white belly.

2] Scarlet-chested Sunbird

M

Again no image of a Female Scarlet-chested [breasted] Sunbird.Similar to most female Sunbirds.Drab olive-brown with dull white belly.Slightly mottled with black specks on lower belly.

3] Black Sunbird

M

F

Link image not allowed. No other available.

http://www.pbase.com/kirnic/birds

4] Marico Sunbird

M

Females similar to most other female Sunbirds.Drab olive brown above,dull white below,streaked with brown black specks.

ginlyn:

Hi Eden,

just to let you know that Afke and I saw a Spotted Dikkop at the edge of the Pond tonight. I see you have posted photos back in February.

Hi Ginlyn. Thanks. I thought it might be easier [and hopefully quicker to load/refresh the thread pages] to provide a photographic At-A-Glance guide to the birds at the 4 cam sites.Pete's Pond,Africam,Djuma and Elephant Plains...Pete's Pond being the best place to spot and ID birds.

Spotted Dikkop photo is on Page 4.

Hi Eden,

just to let you know that Afke and I saw a Spotted Dikkop at the edge of the Pond tonight. I see you have posted photos back in February.

AT-A-GLANCE: WOODPECKERS & WRYNECKS

1] Bennett's Woodpecker

F?

M

The female has diagnostic brown throat and cheek stripe. The male has a full red crown and moustachial stripes contrasting with plain face and throat.

If someone could get a better image of this Woodpecker [M & or F]

2] Golden-tailed Woodpecker

M

F

3] Cardinal Woodpecker

M [Note:Crown is not full red.The forehead is chocolate to chestnut brown

M

F    Female has buff brown forehead and crown.

4]  Ground Woodpecker [Unlikely,but you'd never know if one'll crop up on the cams.?]

Females lack the dark stripe on the cheeks.Otherwise,they are similar to Males. Ground Woodpeckers nest in holes on the ground or in banks or mounds and do not nest in trees. They have a habit of peeking over or around rocks or boulders or fallen trunks almost comically. The habit is also noticable even away from obstactles. [as shown by the 2 Males? in second image  below]

5] Bearded Woodpecker

M

Females lack only the red crown and nape.

AT-A-GLANCE : INDIGO-BIRDS

Like Whydahs,Indigo-birds are parasitic,laying their eggs in other birds or a specific specoes of birds nest,but unlike Cuckoo's,the nestling does not destroy the host birds eggs.

1] Village Indigo-bird

Male

Female [image N/A] is very similar to female House Sparrows with the exception of having red legs.and a yellowish cream bill

[Note:This image is of a female House Sparrow]

2] Purple Indigo-bird. Possibly same as Dusky Indigobird [?]

M

F again is similar to F Village Indigo-bird [thus F House Sparrow],but has darker red legs than Village Indigo-bird and a brownish yellow bill.

F image N/A

AT-A-GLANCE: WHYDAH'S

1] Pin-tailed Whydah

F                                   M

The female and non-breeding male have streaked brown upperparts, whitish underparts with buff flanks, and a buff and black face pattern. They lack the long tail extension, but retain the red bill.

2] Shaft-tailed Whydah         aka Queen Whydah

M

Non-Br M

F

3] Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah

F                                           M  [Br]

Breeding Male

Non-Br Male loses  tail and takes on a buff light olive brown with streaked upper parts.

Image N/A

AT-A-GLANCE: WIDOWBIRDS

1] Fan-tailed Widow [bird]  aka Red-shouldered Widow

M

F

Non-Br M

2] White-winged Widow

Breeding Male

3] Red-collared Widow

Breeding Male

Non-Br M

Female N/A

4] Long-tailed Widow

Male Breeding

Non-Br M & Females look similar. Non-Br Male is yellowish brown heavily streaked with black,alike European Yellowhammer.

5] Yellow-rumped Widow [bird]

Male N/A/ Black birds with golden yellow on shoulders and on the rump..Non-Br Male information unavailable but presumably like Female in appearance.

F

AT-A-GLANCE :  BISHOPS [Same family as Weavers]

1] Southern Red Bishop

Obviously Male

Female     [A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush!]

2] Yellow Bishop

non-breeding male

Female N/A

3] Golden Bishop

Male

Female N/A. Likely drab yellow lime.

AT-A-GLANCE:QUELEA'S [Same family as Weavers]

1] Red-billed Quelea

[The worlds most numerous bird]

Male [they lose the black mask out of breeding season]

Female

2] Red-headed Quelea

Male

Females lack the red mask

AT-A-GLANCE; WEAVERS

1] Southern Masked Weaver

Male

Female

2] Red-billed Buffalo Weaver

Females and immature males are drab brown.

3] Spotted-backed Weaver

Images are no longer available for me to provide..Sorry.!

Females are similar to female Southern Masked Weaver,distinguished by the more darker streaks on their backs and wings.

4] Thick-billed Weaver

Female

Male

Lacks the heavy streaks on the belly and is more conker [horse-chestnut] brown above.

5] Cape Weaver  

Very similar to Southern Masked Weaver.Females are more lime green and slightly streaked on the wings.Males lack the full black mask instead opting for a small smudge of dark red-black around the face.

Female

Male

6] Village Weaver

These Weavers build huge colonial nests.

Male,with head much more black than SM Weaver.Also red eye ring and red patch on nape

Female

7] Grosbeak Weaver

Male

Possibly female.?

8] White-browed Sparrow Weaver

AT-A-GLANCE: DRONGO'S

1] Fork-tailed Drongo

2] Square-tailed Drongo

Not a good image.

AT-A-GLANCE: TURACO'S [LORIES]

1]  Grey 'Go-Away bird  aka Grey Lory

2] Knysna Turaco

3] Purple-crested Turaco

4] Livingstone's Turaco

AT-A-GLANCE: MOUSE-BIRDS

1] Speckled Mousebird

Distinguished from White-backed Mousebird by its partly black face,black & white bill and brown legs

2] White-backed Mousebird

3] Red-faced Mousebird      aka Embarassed Mousebird [not really.!]

AT-A-GLANCE: KINGFISHERS

1] Malachite Kingfisher

2] Pied Kinfisher

3] Woodland Kingfisher

4] Brown-hooded Kingfisher

5] Striped Kingfisher

5] Giant Kingfisher

Male

Female

6] Pygmy Kingfisher